To make econometrics relevant in an introductory course, interesting applications must motivate the theory and the theory must match the applications. This text aims to motivate the need for tools with concrete applications, providing simple assumptions that match the application.
International Edition
In this new textbook by distinguished econometricians James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson, real-world questions and data from actual empirical studies open a window through which the vitality and relevance of econometrics come into clear focus. The breadth of topics - including an introduction to program evaluation, panel data methods, instrumental variables regression, and regression with time series data - reflects the best of contemporary applied econometrics.